[Koha-bugs] [Bug 22833] New: Don't let users cancel holds connected with ILLs

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22833

            Bug ID: 22833
           Summary: Don't let users cancel holds connected with ILLs
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: ILL
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: magnus at libriotech.no
  Target Milestone: ---

In the Swedish (Libris) ILL module, when a new ILL request is created, a record
and an item (with a specific ILL itemtype) are also created. And a hold is
created between the local patron that is waiting for the ILL and the local ILL
item. 

This means that the ILL shows up as a regular hold when the patron logs into
the OPAC. That in it self is OK, but the problematic thing is that patrons can
cancel the holds connected with the ILL (maybe thinking that they are then also
canceling the ILL request). Libraries would like to stop patrons from doing
this. 

A couple of options come to mind:

1. Add a syspref that can take a list of itemtypes that should not be
cancel'able by the patron in the OPAC

2. Add a boolean field like itetypes.let_patrons_cancel_holds_in_opac which
defaults to 1 for existing itemtypes, but can be set to 0 to achieve the
desired effect. 

1 is more unobtrusive, 2 is probably cleaner in the long run?

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